Europe is increasingly seeing the effects of global warming in more frequent extreme weather, changing ecosystems and rising economic and health costs, according to a European Environment Agency report.

By Stephen Gardner. There are concerns that Britain's burning of biomass to generate electricity – on the face of it, a sustainable practice – is getting out of hand, and causing both environmental and market distortions.

By Stephen Gardner. The haze is back. Forest and peatland fires in western Indonesia are causing clouds of thick smoke full of unhealthy particles, which blow north across Malaysia and Singapore, disrupting daily life and causing a health hazard.